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Learn how to leave your corporate job and transition into the digital nomad lifestyle with the skills you already have.
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Yuri Chu Su talks about her Chinese-Peruvian identity while growing up in Lima, Peru. She reflects on her first visit China at age 9 and then moving to Canada with her family. Yuri talks about her traditional career path of becoming an Accountant, and then her journey discovering The Maverick Show podcast and being inspired to become a digital nomad. She explains her process for quitting her job, using her existing skillset to land remote freelance clients, and then transitioning into a lifestyle of itinerant world travel. Yuri talks about her experiences on the Nomad Cruise and the Remote Year Program, shares stories from her travels, and explains how she was able to build meaningful community with other world travelers. Finally, she reflects on her multi-cultural identity and what travel means to her today. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCSUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how to take some of the most epic train rides in the world, and hear highlights from spending time in Africa.
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In Part 2 of this interview with Sojourner White, Matt and Sojourner discuss the best long distance train rides in the U.S.. Sojourner then describes her experience taking the Jose Cuervo Express Tequila Train in Mexico. She also reflects on how special and unique it was to take the train through Peru, and then shares her experience hiking the Rainbow Mountain. Sojourner also talks about visiting Panama, and shares a unique experience hiking a volcano in Guatemala for pizza. She then talks about her experiences visiting Kenya, going on Safari, and spending time in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Sojourner shares reflections about connecting with the African Continent as a Black American, and the importance of paying attention to social, economic and political dynamics as we travel. Finally, she reflects on how all this travel has impacted her and what travel means to her today. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn about living and traveling in Spain as an African-American woman and becoming a fully remote social worker.
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Sojourner White joins Matt over a bottle of wine and they start of discussing their international wine experiences, from Spain to South Africa. She then talks about growing up in Milwaukee, being named after Sojourner Truth, taking road trips as a kid, and eventually studying abroad in Spain. Sojourner reflects on her experiences first living in Granada and later getting a Fulbright to teach in Rioja. Next she shares her journey getting a Master’s Degree in International Social Work, living in Berlin, and developing a career as a fully remote social worker. Finally, Sojourner reflects on how she maintains work-life balance as a digital nomad, and shares her travel lessons about identity, privilege, gender, and anti-Blackness around the world. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how to find a romantic life-partner in the digital nomad life & why all travel medical insurance is not the same.
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In Part 2 of this episode, Ebonie Finley talks about her experience reconnecting with the Bahamas as an adult, and shares tips for visiting the Bahamas and Costa Rica. She then talks about navigating anti-Blackness in the digital nomad life, and why she feels Medellin, Colombia is one of the best destinations for Black women. Ebonie then talks about finding love, romance, and long-term partnership in the digital nomad lifestyle, and gives tips on maintaining a long-term nomadic relationship. She then talks about her experience working for SafetyWing after being a long-time customer of their travel medical insurance. Ebonie talks about why SafetyWing’s Nomad Insurance is so unique in the market, and who it is specifically suited for. She then shares tips for making friends around the world as a solo traveler, offers advice for aspiring nomads, and gives tips for sustaining a long-term life of world travel. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Hear stories from The Amazing Race Canada, Interviewing Nomads Around the World, and Snowboarding at Night in Quebec.
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Ebonie Finley joins Matt from Montreal and starts off talking about her mother’s experience immigrating to Canada from the Bahamas. She then reflects on her experience growing up and navigating her mixed identity as a Quebecer-Bahamian in Canada. Ebonie shares personal stories about her work in the modeling industry and her participation in The Amazing Race Canada. She then talks about traveling the world to film her series “Nomad Generation” and reflects on the people she met and the impact of the project. Ebonie also talks about her snowboarding experience and identity, and her choice to film “Night Riders” as the first ever snowboarding film shot entirely at night in the backcountry of Quebec. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how to improve your money mindset, set financial goals & avoid the biggest financial mistake digital nomads make.
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Michael Kim starts off talking about his family’s immigration story of how his parents got to Canada, his experience growing up in Toronto, and how is interest in travel started to develop. He shares his experience studying abroad in Poland, then traveling to Japan and Korea, and eventually deciding to become a digital nomad and begin his entrepreneurial journey. Michael describes the healing impact of moving to Mexico and then shares the highlights of spending 3 months in Puerto Escondido and slow-traveling through southeast Asia. He also reflects on his experience and gives tips for traveling the world as a Queer digital nomad. Michael then talks about founding “Michael E Kim Coaching” and gives tips on how to improve your money mindset, how to set financial and lifestyle goals, and how to make, save and invest your money. He speaks about financial planning for digital nomads in particular, and how to avoid the top financial mistakes that digital nomads are making. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn what Afghanistan is like now, how to become fluent in 5 languages & get tips on being a more ethical traveler.
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In Part 2 of this interview Sibu Szymanowska shares her journey becoming a digital nomad and founding “Go Global with Sibu”. She tells stories from her journey traveling overland across 9 countries in Africa using public transportation. Sibu also shares her experience traveling to Pakistan and then choosing to visit Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. She explains why she loves Lebanon so much, tells stories from her trip to Syria, and describes why the Yemeni island of Socotra is so unique. Sibu reflects on how she learned 5 languages fluently, including Mandarin and Polish, and shares language learning tips. She then reflects on how traveling to nearly 100 countries has impacted her, gives tips on how we can be more conscious and ethical travelers, and explains what travel means to her today. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how to travel more responsibly, engage with the experiences of refugees, and merge human rights with tourism.
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Sibu Szymanowska joins Matt over a bottle of wine and shares her experience growing up in Costa Rica before moving to China at age 17. Sibu reflects on attending University in China, learning fluent Mandarin, and starting multiple businesses over her 7 years living there. She shares the impact of her travels throughout Asia and then her experience moving to Poland and re-connecting with her Polish heritage. Sibu then talks about her experience working for an NGO, living in a remote village in Nicaragua, developing a passion for human rights, and eventually doing a Master’s Degree in “International Conflict and Human Rights”. She also talks about co-founding The Hybrid Tours and explains how it centers the experiences of refugees and displaced people in the various destinations. Sibu shares how her tours help people learn about Palestine through the stories of refugees living in Jordan, and help people learn about the Bosnian genocide by meeting with survivors and former prison camp inmates during the tour of Bosnia. She also explains how you can join a Hybrid Tour and get a special Maverick Show discount. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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The tables and turned so you can hear Matt Bowles interviewed about his own digital nomad journey by Ric Gazarian.
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In this special episode, The Maverick Show host Matt Bowles is the one being interviewed by Ric Gazarian in an episode that originally aired on the Counting Countries podcast. Ric goes deep with Matt about his travel journey, starting with his experience moving around the U.S. as a kid while growing up and then studying abroad in Dublin and re-connecting with his Irish heritage. Matt reflects on his first time backpacking through Europe, and the impact of his first trip to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Matt then talks about his career in the non-profit advocacy space before pivoting to co-found Maverick Investor Group as a fully remote real estate brokerage and eventually become a full time digital nomad with no base. He talks about slow traveling the world, how he chooses his destinations, and shares specific tips and reflections on spending time in Egypt and Nigeria. And, finally, the talks about hosting The Maverick Show podcast and his upcoming keynote speech at the Extraordinary Travel Festival. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Hear Ric’s stories from Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, Eretria, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Abkhazia and Transnistria.
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In Part 2 of this interview, Ric Gazarian talks about his decision to pursue the goal of traveling to all 193 U.N. recognized countries. He shares stories of watching the sport of Buzkashi in Afghanistan, getting a private performance by the Royal Drummers of Burundi, and attending the Gerewol Festival in Chad. Ric talks about two very different train experiences in Eretria and Mauritania, describes his overnight tour of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and explains why one of his most unique trips was to Papua New Guinea. He then discusses the contested definition of what constitutes a country, explains what a micronation is, and shares his experiences visiting Transnistria, Abkhazia, and the Principality of Sealand. Ric then talks about his “Counting Countries” podcast and his biennial conference “The Extraordinary Travel Festival”. Finally, he talks about how he designs culturally immersive travel experiences, how his perception of travel has changed over the years, how all of this travel has impacted him, and what travel means to him today. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn about traveling through Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, and what it’s like to travel across a country by Tuk-Tuk.
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Ric Gazarian starts off talking about his family’s history escaping the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and eventually making their way to Boston, Massachusetts where he grew up. He reflects on his first visit to Armenia and how his Armenian identity has evolved as he visited every year for over 20 years. Ric explains the history of Nagorno-Karabakh and shares his experience visiting multiple times. Next, he talks about his experience racing through the Caucuses, and then about driving across both India and Cambodia in a Tuk-Tuk. Ric reflects on the unique experiences and local encounters that this mode of travel enables, and what it was like to capture it all in an award-winning documentary film. He then talks about his love for Southeast Asia, shares tips on the most interesting festivals in Thailand, and why Myanmar is so special to him. Finally, Ric talks about being the Asia coordinator for Travel Massive, a 60,000 person travel industry network. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn about C.B. Claiborne’s experience as the first Black basketball player at Duke University and a student activist.
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In Part 3 of this interview, Javier talks about his role as the Race and Sport Post-Doctoral Associate at Duke University, and the class he teaches on the History of Duke Men’s Basketball. He tells the story of C.B. Claiborne, the first Black player on the Duke Men’s Basketball team in the 1960s, who was also a student activist on campus that participated in the Allen building takeover. Javier explains the ramifications on C.B. for his activism at the time, and what led up to him eventually being honored by the University in 2023. He shares some of the discussions on race and sports that take place in his class on Duke Men’s basketball, and also shares some lessons that today’s student activists can take from C.B. Claiborne’s legacy. Finally, Javier talks about his role in the Stephen Hayes Sculpture Project at the Equal Justice Site in Montgomery, Alabama, and then reflects on how all of his travels have impacted him as a person. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE. -
Learn about Black history in Austin, human trafficking in high school sports, and how to become a better storyteller.
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In Part 2 of this interview, Javier talks about the impact of anti-Blackness and class inequality on sports, both in Panama and in the diaspora. He explains the political economic dynamics that give rise to the transnational human trafficking of vulnerable youth, particularly through high school basketball networks in the U.S.. Javier shares his experience researching this topic for his PhD dissertation at the University of Texas at Austin, explains his key research findings, and makes policy recommendations for mitigating basketball trafficking. He then talks about founding the award-winning Black Austin Tours and explains why it is so unique. Finally, Javier breaks down the craft of narrative storytelling, explains why it is so important, and gives specific tips on how we can all become better storytellers in our own lives. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Hear Javier’s stories of navigating his intersectional Afro-Panamanian-American experience in both the U.S. and Panama.
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Dr. Javier Wallace starts off talking about his mother’s family history in Texas and his father’s family history in Panama before migrating to the U.S. He shares his reflections on growing up in a bi-cultural home, playing football in Texas, attending Florida A&M University as a student athlete, then getting his Master’s Degree and pursuing a career in sports. Javier then discusses his decision to move to Panama and live there for 6 years. He opens up about his encounters with anti-Blackness in Panama, including violent experiences with law enforcement, his realizations about the power of passport privilege, and how all of that impacted his identity. Javier then talks about co-founding “Afro-Latinx Travel” and developing tours in Panama, Cuba, Costa Rica and Colombia that disrupt traditional tourism narratives, center marginalized stories, and benefit the local communities. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn about traveling to Togo, Benin, The Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and building a successful travel company.
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Ashley Company starts off talking about founding Jelani Gives and how that led to founding her company Jelani Travel. Ashley reflects on running her company for over a decade, including the healing impact she has seen when taking people from the African Diaspora to spend time on the Continent. She then talks about how she traced her ancestry to Sierra Leone, was able to get citizenship in Sierra Leone, and had her passport handed to her by the President of the country. Ashely also shares some highlights from the Jelani Travel trips to Benin, Togo, Ghana, Senegal, and The Gambia. She then takes us behind the scenes of her entrepreneurial journey and explains how she built a successful travel company that she has now run for over a decade. Ashley shares tips and insights on how she optimizes her time, manages stress, and chooses what to outsource. She also reflects on how to avoid the pitfalls of voluntourism in Africa, and how all of her travels to 100+ countries have impacted her as a person. Finally, Matt and Ashley talk about the upcoming Black Travel Summit and how to meet them there in person. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how immersive trips to the Dominican Republic, Kenya and backpacking through South America can be life-changing.
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Ashley Company starts off by talking about her experiences traveling the world for wine, and why the South African wine region is so unique and special. She then talks about her experience growing up in the U.S., traveling to Turkey as a kid, living in South Korea for a year at age 12, and attending an HBUC for college. She then describes how her first solo trip to the Dominican Republic was completely transformative, as was her first trip to Kenya. Ashley then explains what led her to quit her job and backpack through every country in South and Central America. She shares stories about traveling to San Basilio de Palenque in Colombia and accidentally entering Venezuela without going through immigration. Ashley also talks about the power of her first experience attending Carnival in Trinidad and why she has been back 10 times since. And, finally, she reflects on the impact that a full year of backpacking in South America had on her as a person, and how it shaped her life and entrepreneurial trajectory. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Matt Bowles celebrates 300 episodes by offering 30 free video calls as well as discounts to meet up with him in person.
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Matt reflects on The Maverick Show breaking into the Top 100 Apple Podcasts and being ranked the #1 “Places and Travel” podcast on Apple. Matt explains how and why to subscribe to The Maverick Show’s “Monday Minute” email newsletter, and how to follow The Maverick Show on Instagram. He then talks about the 3 upcoming conferences he is attending in 2024 and how you can meet up with him in person. He describes Nomadness Fest in North Carolina, the Black Travel Summit in Florida, and The Extraordinary Travel Fest in Bangkok, Thailand. Matt then offers you a discount on your tickets to each one. He also explains how you can support the podcast by buying him a coffee and leaving a rating and review for the show. Matt also explains how his company Maverick Investor Group helps you buy turnkey rental properties (with tenants and local property management in place) in the most investor-advantaged U.S. markets from anywhere, and offers you resources where you can learn more. And, finally, he invites you to provide him with your direct feedback and opinions via a short survey and offers 30 people who fill out the survey a free 30-minute video call with him. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn why Japan is so amazing and important to visit, and the value of incorporating world travel into your parenting.
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In Part 2 of this interview, Zoe Moore talks about her role in organizing the Latino Travel Fest and Nomadness Fest (which centers BIPOC travel experiences). She then explains how living in Korea inspired her world travels, and shares highlights from trip she organized to Ghana in 2019 for the Year of Return. Next, Zoe talks about traveling with her teenage son to Puerto Rico, Colombia, Japan and the impact those travels had on his life. She also talks about her time in Tokyo, the powerful and emotional experience she had in Hiroshima, and why Kamakura is her favorite place in Japan. Finally, Zoe reflects the impact travel has had on her life. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how serving in the U.S. military in Iraq and around the world was a political consciousness raising journey.
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Zoe Moore starts off by giving tips for visiting Atlanta. She then shares her experience growing up in California, attending an HBCU in Louisiana, and then joining the U.S. military. She reflects on her critical consciousness-raising journey over the course of serving in Iraq and experiencing wartime trauma. Zoe also talks about her experience living in Korea as part of her military service and how that inspired her subsequent world travels. She reflects on being an Equal Opportunity representative as a soldier, and then eventually getting out of the military and becoming an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) specialist. Zoe talks about founding “Grow with Zomo”, explains how she works with her clients in the events and tourism space and explains what EDI impact she has seen. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.
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Learn how some local communities are being harmed by the rise of digital nomadism and what some potential solutions are.
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In part of this interview, Dr. Kaisu Koskela talks about the academic sampling bias when attempting to define who digital nomads are. She then explains the dynamics of both overtourism and transnational gentrification, and the harm they are causing to some local communities. Kaisu then lays out some specific policy recommendations that can help protect local communities. She describes her vision for a more equitable future of travel, global mobility, and digital nomadism. Kaisu then talks about finding love and partnership in the digital nomad lifestyle. She opens up about how she met her relationship partner and offers tips on long-term digital nomad relationships. Kaisu then reflects on how thirty years of world travel have impacted her as a person and what travel means to her today. Finally, she offers tips on how we can all make more ethical and thoughtful travel decisions as we move through the world. FULL SHOW NOTES INCLUDING DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE.
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